"are those tap shoes?"

big nate sideblog // follows from @bandgeekz-2008

[oneactholloway]

headcanon: i think dee dee and gina went to the same elementary school together.

so, i don't think they're friends (at least not in the books)

but when gina goes to ask for advice, instead of going to one of her pre-established friends, she's talking to dee dee.

outside of the more realest explanation that it would be easier to make the joke with two established characters, i think this happens because:

a. dee dee is connected enough to be on good terms with nearly everyone, including gina.

b. the two of them don't typically hang out, but know the other well enough just by being acquaintances for that long. and this usually comes with growing up together. which would explain why gina is more willing to go to her first rather than the other way around.

[honiibbang]

big nate hgih school au oh yeah oh yeah

[melomaniac8000]

I headcanon Nate has a cracked tooth and no one can stop me muahahahha >:D

They're so adorable *explodes*

[oneactholloway]

fragina? gancis? idk what people call them. tangent below

they're my favorite relationship in the comic, but i don't believe it was executed the best, which is why it's controversial in the fanbase (i think).

gina is one of the few characters to never have a romantic partner in the comic. feeling left behind while your friends are partnering up is like, the textbook middle school experience. so having a more grounded arc dedicated to her insecurity of this was a good idea. but her and francis have a complicated history in the comics and novels. they're the only ones who can match the other's intelligence, but this causes them to be competitive when their smarts is put into question by the other (like in the trivia slam arc and outstanding scholarship medal arc). i think the best way to describe them was frenemies, which is what makes them interesting imo. i feel like when writing them getting together, this wasn't really addressed. even in their most recent arc last september.

which is why i think the relationship is controversial - a lot of their history and character was taken out in order to make this a thing. when it didn't have to be.

also, here's my favorite strip from this arc

[oneactholloway]

did he see my post or something (joke)

[oneactholloway]

Dee Dee gives Enslave the Mollusk a makeover. To Daphne's confusion

Full designs below

[melomaniac8000]

I JUST MADE SOME BULLSHIIIII AYEEE

Man I love these two ugh they've consumed every last bit of my braincells 💔

I feel so bad for not working on the fanfic but heh...who cares, AMIRITE!? Its not like uhm...people are waiting for updates...😞

[1slurpy]

Hot Take: BIG NATE FANDOM PLEASE SEE THIS!!

It’s been on my mind for a LONG time and I wanted to post about this issue in it

[oneactholloway]

hard agree, esp on the nate stuff - there was literally an arc where francis wanted to take a break from him because he had a big ego (during 2021 or 2022 i think).

[deedeethedevil]

Guys I think I’m getting back into Big Nate…

Help

[oneactholloway]

my aged up au's version of ruby, sheila, jenny, and artur drawn in my english notebook (since i've never drawn them before)

some lore: nate and ruby date in 6th grade, but break up by 7th grade. since they have basically the same friends, they still had to hang out with each other despite being exes. so, even when nate is in a relationship with daphne, by the time 9th grade rolls around (when my au takes place) him and ruby are friends. they just don't talk as often for obvious reasons, and ruby talks to the rest of the main cast a lot more than nate himself.

something similar occurs with sheila and francis - they have a falling out but never officially break up. francis apologizes for this, but compared to nate and ruby, him and sheila become good friends. sheila even helps him get together with gina once high school happens, but that's a whole other can of worms.

[oneactholloway]

gina is the only person who can listen to him read from a fact book for three hours

[oneactholloway]

the way some fans talk about big nate characters is so weird

“gina is such an asshole, she’s literally the devil” that’s an 11 year old

[evapo-rated]

Stuff over the past few years :)

HEY HEY HI!!! They’re back!!!

but I’m NOT!

At least not on here! Well for the time being, I may just turn this into another place I drop a collection of art but I’ll be more “alive” over on instagram and tiktok! I probably wont be touching this platform like at all and only to again just drop stuff

Its evapo.rated on both instagram and tiktok (call me gunk or chilli)

Why have I returned? Theres been an announcement about 1-2 days ago of the daily strips coming to a stop and only the Sunday strips being put out, so no it is not the end of Big Nate but the series will very much slow down. Reading the announcement both from an article and the post it was announced from resurged all the love I had for the characters fully again and I want to show that I hold this series so close to my heart as all of the characters have appeared in some shape or form with other art I have been creating over the few years.

Posts will be very slow and I will not care to post anything finished/rendered etc! I want to make my presence solely towards loving the work Peirce has been putting out for 35+ years and I want to be there until Big Nate ends.

Thank you to everyone that continued to follow me even when I left, and everyone that left comments when I wasnt here, it was so heartwarming seeing people come up and show their love for all these losers through my fanart :”DDD

Cheers to 35+ years of Big Nate

Goodbye again! Sort of. Idk Ill see

[oneactholloway]

fragina? gancis? idk what people call them. tangent below

they're my favorite relationship in the comic, but i don't believe it was executed the best, which is why it's controversial in the fanbase (i think).

gina is one of the few characters to never have a romantic partner in the comic. feeling left behind while your friends are partnering up is like, the textbook middle school experience. so having a more grounded arc dedicated to her insecurity of this was a good idea. but her and francis have a complicated history in the comics and novels. they're the only ones who can match the other's intelligence, but this causes them to be competitive when their smarts is put into question by the other (like in the trivia slam arc and outstanding scholarship medal arc). i think the best way to describe them was frenemies, which is what makes them interesting imo. i feel like when writing them getting together, this wasn't really addressed. even in their most recent arc last september.

which is why i think the relationship is controversial - a lot of their history and character was taken out in order to make this a thing. when it didn't have to be.

also, here's my favorite strip from this arc

[oneactholloway]

when you parent an 11 year old for 35 years, you learn a couple things

[oneactholloway]

Moot me up here, pal. Im that person from dc that waved you back earkier 🥺🥺🥺

will do!

[oneactholloway]

Moots?

sure, ofc! :]

[oneactholloway]

the sheer look of disapproval from nate in the third panel implies

a) this has happened before

b) he can't do anything about it